1962 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star

In 1962, four musicians formed in Liverpool (UK) what was to become the embodiment of the modern era sociocultural revolution. In 2012, fifty years later, their first pressings are collected worldwide and valued hundreds of pounds each.

Learn how to recognize and value their masterpieces with the Beatles Collecting Guide.

The Beatles Collecting Guide (2012, pdf edition, 96 pages, price: 10 euros) is the only rigorous guide on how to recognize and value the many edition of EPs and LPs released from 1962 to 1969 under Parlophone Co. Ltd. label.

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Discography

PLEASE PLEASE ME - LP, 1963

Please Please Me is the debut album by English rock band The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released this album on March 22nd, 1963 in Great Britain to capitalise on the success of the two singles "Please Please Me" (No.1 on most lists but only No. 2 on Record Retailer) and "Love Me Do" (No.17). That same year four pressings were released and the LP remained at the top of the charts for 30 weeks. Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney (originally credited "McCartney–Lennon"), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "[their invention of] the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments". In 2012, Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".